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This is a comprehensive reference to over 35 places of legend, including sites, cities and landscapes. It includes a seven-page gazetteer giving insight into travel and accommodation, and what to see and do at the places featured in the book. Locator maps direct the reader to each area. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The articles themselves are interesting enough, and there is a good variety of places, ranging from mythical to historical, natural to architectural, and famous to obscure. An enjoyable book, considered for what it's meant to be -- i.e., the sort of book you pick up and browse through, reading for a few minutes at a time rather than cover-to-cover.
Contents include:
Eternal Realms: The Garden of Eden, Atlantis, Camelot, Avalon;
Timeless Landscapes: Mount Ararat, The Nile, Ayers Rock (Uluru), Mount Fuji, Cappadocia, The Ganges, Haleakala Crater, Shenandoah Valley, The Himalayas;
Sacred Wonders: Altamira, Stonehenge, The Tomb of Tutankhamun, Delphi, Gotland, Serpent Mound, Petra, Tikal, Machu Picchu, Tintern Abbey;
The Creative Vision: Shwedagon Pagoda, Haghia Sophia, The Potala, Assisi, Mont-St-Michel, The Alhambra, The Forbidden City, Elsinore, The Taj Mahal, Neuschwanstein;
Triumph of the Spirit: Oberammergau, Arkadi Monastery, The Italian Chapel, Coventry Cathedral
Also contains a brief Gazetteer (information for travelers, probably long outdated), Bibliography, & Index. ( )